Toy



K. B. FULD.

TOY.

APPLICATlON FILED AUG. 21,1919.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

UNITED sTA rEs PATENT OFFICE.

KATHERINE B. FULD, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

TOY.

Application filed August 21, 1919.

2' "0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, KATHERINE B. FULD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to that class of such devices known in the art as figure toys and has for its primary object the provision of a device of the character set forth adapted to represent a fanciful human face, mechanism being so constructed as to cause a change of expression thereof and a movement of the several facial appendages represented to produce an amusing effect.

lVith other objects in view, as will be hereinafter apparent from the following specification, this invention consists in the peculiar arrangement and operation of the various parts of a toy as set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts wherever used Figure l is a side view of the device show ing the moving parts in dotted lines and Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 viewed in the direction of the arrows.

The device comprises a body portion 3 of suitable material formed to represent a fanciful human profile, and extending to a handle 4:. Two ear members 5 and 6 are pivotally mounted on the body 3 upon a rod 7 extending through an opening 8 in the body 3, he lower ends of the ears being connected by a member 9 passing through an arcuate slot 10.

The lower part of the body 3 is internally recessed at 11 below the slot 10 forming side walls 12 and 13 inclosing a tongue member 14. pivoted thereto by a rod 15, said tongue member extending to a point above the slot 10 and normally abutting against the member 9.

The tongue 14 carries the lower jaw 16 and moves therewith by the flexing of a cord 17 secured to the tongue at 18 and the handle 4 at 19 to permit of the operation Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Serial No. 318,854.

thereof by the fingers of the operators hand grasping the handle 1.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The toy is grasped by the handle 1 by the pulling and releasing of the cord 17 the lower jaw 16 will raise and lower, causing the tongue 11 to protrude upon the downward movement thereof, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and permitting the ear members 56 to move forward, as shown in dotted lines, until member 9 abuts against the end 20 of the slot 10. Upon a pull of the string 17 the jaw will close, carrying the tongue 11 to abut against the member carrymg the ears rearwardly to the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 1.

By this it will be seen that an amusing toy is provided which is easy to manipulate, pleasing and economical.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made, without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. In a toy, in combination, a body por tion representing a face, a handle on the body portion, ear members, a tongue mem ber, a lower jaw member and means within reach of the hand when grasping said handle for causing a simultaneous movement of said members.

2. In a toy, in combination, a body portion representing a face, a handle on the body port-ion, ear members, a lower jaw member and means carried by the lower jaw to move said ear members upon a movement of said jaw.

3. In a toy, in combination, a body portion representing a face, a handle on the body portion, ear members, a lower jaw, means carried by the lower jaw to move said ear members upon movement of said jaw, and means for operating said lower jaw.

4. In a toy, in combination, a body portion representing a. face, a handle, ear members, a tongue member, a lower jaw memand her and means carried by said handle and means for causing a disengagement and rethe tongue member for causlng a 51111111133. engagement of said tongueand sald means. 10

neous movement of said members. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 5. In a toy, in combination, a body porin presence of two Witnesses. I

tion representing a face, ear members piv- KATHERINE B. F ULD.

oted tothe body portion, a tongue member Witnesses: I

pivoted to the body portion, means on the SOPHIE J PI KE T, i

ears normally engaging said tongue, and WILLIAM FULD. 

